Temari'i a Teurura'i (1838–1891), also known as Ma'ihara or Teuhe, was a Polynesian queen who ruled the Kingdom of
Huahine
Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Leeward Islands (Society Islands), Leeward Islands group ''(Îles sous le V ...
and
Maiʻao from 18 March 1888 to 22 July 1890 under the royal title Teuhe, sometimes recorded as Teuhe II. She was a member of the prominent Teurura'i family of Huahine.
Family
She was born at Huahine, in 1838 and was the eldest daughter of Queen
Teha'apapa II and
King Ari'imate of Huahine.
Marriage
She married
Ari'iaue Pomare a Tu, King of Tahiti and eldest surviving son of Queen
Pōmare IV
Pōmare IV (28 February 1813 – 17 September 1877), more properly ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua (otherwise known as ʻAimata – "eye-eater", after an old custom of the ruler to eat the eye of the defeated foe), was the Queen of ...
, on September 11, 1857, in Huahine. However, the union was short-lived, and they divorced on August 5, 1861.
Rebel Queen of Huahine and Mai'ao
She was proclaimed Queen Teuhe on February 22, 1888, during an insurrection against
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. On July 22, 1890, she was deposed by her brother Marama and exiled to
Tahiti
Tahiti (; Tahitian language, Tahitian , ; ) is the largest island of the Windward Islands (Society Islands), Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located in the central part of t ...
, where she sought protection from her former husband,
Pomare V.
She died without issue at Papeete, 21 August 1891.
Ancestry
See also
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French Polynesia
French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governance, overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. The t ...
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Annexation of the Leeward Islands
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List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 19th century
This is a list of monarchs who either lost their thrones through deposition by a coup d'état, by a referendum which abolished their throne, or chose to abdicate during the 19th century.
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Afghanistan
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1840s births
1891 deaths
Huahine royalty
Queens regnant in Oceania
19th-century monarchs in Oceania
19th-century women rulers